Linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable water-resources management

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 4591-4596

  Jacobs, Katharine ^a,g   Lebel, Louis ^b   Buizer, James ^c   Addams, Lee ^d,h   Matson, Pamela ^e   McCullough, Ellen ^f   Garden, Po ^b   Saliba, George ^a,i   Finan, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g School of Natural Resources and the Environment   (United States)

^h MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Public participation; Stakeholder engagement; Water management; Water sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; DECISION MAKING; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEXICO; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE; UNCERTAINTY;

BRAZIL; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MEXICO; THAILAND; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84964770479     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0813125107     Document Type: Article

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